Land Management and Regional Planning with Emphasis on Gavkhoni Wetland

The land of Iran has a natural heritage and valuable environmental power. This unique heritage, in the present era, can play a very important role in the country's economic growth and development. The lack land-use studies, and non-commitment and practical commitment to its proper implementation in the country and mismanagement in natural resources and environmental capabilities is a subject that has not only made the use of this valuable legacy and unparalleled capabilities in recent decades but also some of these environmental resources have been subject to gradual destruction in recent years and has caused critical situations in some parts of the country's geographic regions. An example of these areas, which is currently in a very unfortunate condition, is the Zayandehrood River Basin and the Gavkhoni Lagoon, which has a multi-million-year history and has an age of geological life. Thousands of hectares of agricultural land and the aquifers drying up, and the sharp drop in groundwater levels, the subsidence of land, the spread of the phenomena of microorganisms, and ... are unfortunate consequences which in recent years have affected the various political, economic and social dimensions of these areas. In this article, the role and importance of land design studies and planning in regional planning with an emphasis on Gavkhoni wetland area at the end of Zayandehrood basin has been studied. The research method is based on the purpose of the applied type and based on the nature of the descriptive type. Data and field surveys, library and documentation resources are used to collect information and data. Also, through interviewing and collecting field data, the collected information was evaluated and analyzed according to SWOT and QSPM models. From the findings of this research, we can identify the potential and unique capabilities of Gavkhoni wetland and the need to protect them, which is covered in detail in the whole article.